MEMBERS1st Community Credit Union Is Offering $7,000 In College Scholarships

MEMBERS1st Community Credit Union announced their 2019 College Scholarship Program is now open! Members of the credit union have the opportunity to apply for five (5) high school senior scholarships and two (2) post-high school scholarships. Members must be entering or continuing their education at a vocational, technical, community college or 4-year college in the fall of 2019.

Students will be required to submit a scholarship application by March 31, 2019, along with a 300-500 word essay. Details and an entry form are located on the MEMBERS1st website at www.MEMBERS1st.com.

“This is the fifth year MEMBERS1st Community Credit Union has awarded scholarships to eligible members and we are thrilled to be able to contribute to their education, their futures and to our community in this way,” said MEMBERS1st CEO, Janet Borer. “We also benefit from the outstanding, thoughtful essays we receive – I learn something new each year!”

MEMBERS1st Community Credit Union is an Iowa-based not-for-profit financial cooperative, owned and operated by its members. As a financial cooperative, there are no stockholders — the board is comprised of volunteer members who use the credit union’s financial services and represent the entire membership. MEMBERS1st has seven Central Iowa locations in Ames, Boone, Iowa Falls, Eldora, Marshalltown and Traer.